TOM CLEVERLEY was a free transfer signing for Everton from Manchester United last June.

But in less than eight months his value to the Toffees has soared so much that boss Roberto Martinez now says he wouldn’t sell him for “any money.”

Cleverley was instrumental in one of Everton’s best performances of the season at Stoke City on Saturday.

His penetrating run was cruedly curtailed by Jack Butland to earn the penalty from which Romelu Lukaku gave Everton the lead, and his corner kick delivery created the second for Seamus Coleman.

But his all-round performances are what have impressed Martinez most - and the Blues boss believes there is even more to come.

“I wouldn’t sell him for any money in the current market,” he said after Everton’s 3-0 win.

“The value that you can give to him... clearly for whatever reason he didn’t fit in another football club, but in another football club, in our football club you can really see the value that he has, the effect he has on other players.

“Being English is an incredible, incredible premium and I want to see him go from strength to strength because I know there is so much more to come from him.

“You saw the delivery, the work rate. I think we have ten goals a season to get into his game very quickly.

“And I think he can go even further.

“I know Tom really well and I don’t think you can have a better English player with the ability and the experience and the tough lessons that he has had to go through.

Tom Cleverley is challenged by Jack Butland to earn a penalty. "Tom's run is something we have been working on," says Roberto Martinez.

“Technically as good as you are going to get. Probably his football understanding as good as you are going to get and that showed today.

“His run for the penalty is something we have been working on.

“The way he executes, the way that he reads the game, the way he gives you a platform for the ball.

“For me he is one of the most sensational free transfers you are going to see in Premier League history.”